Sunday, November 6, 2005

Batch 26, Jones Lake Ale

Batch #26, November 6, 2005

Malt extract:
13 pounds pils extract (bulk)

Malted grain:
1 pound crystal malt 40L
1 pount crystal malt 60L


Hops:


1 oz Nugget60 min
1 oz Cascade60 min
1 oz Cascade15 min
1 oz Mt. Hood15 min
2 tsp Irish Moss15 min


Yeast:
Wyeast 1056, American ale yeast, 2.3 and 2.4.

OG: 1.040
FG: 1.010

Kegged: Nov 23, 2005


Comments:
After racking to secondary (2 5 gallon buckets), I added 1 oz Cascade (dry hop) to one of the buckets. I'm thinking I'll get basically a hoppy pale ale out of that bucket and an amber ale out of the other -- but need to see how it comes out. I might have a pale ale and an IPA...!

10 Dec 2005: Yep, I'm going with a pale ale for the one without the extra hops. It it similar to the 'Cascade' batches, but not as hoppy. I haven't tapped the other (I'm calling it Jones Lake Ale "DH")

26 Jan 2006: updating notes -- we polished off the "DH" batch over Christmas, it was the better of the two versions, but then, I like a hoppy beer. Batch 28 is a repeat, with all 10 gallons dry hopped.